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Mountains & Caves
In and Out of Comfort Zones
Comfort zones are there to be tested, broken, moved, and used to find the right balance between all the different factors that make mountain adventure so much fun....
Highs and Lows
The Jungfrau region is home to some of the most spectacular mountains within Europe – beautiful, snow-capped, jagged, and wild. Jenny Tough explores the region by bikes and on foot whilst contemplating the nature of her own mountain connections....
Through the Heart of Scotland
Anna Blackwell shares her experience of becoming part of the Fjällräven Classic community through taking on the first iteration of the Fjällräven Classic UK, a 65km trek through the heart of Scotland’s Cairngorm mountains....
Attitudes and Altitude: Mountains of the Mind
Alex Roddie embarks on a 900km fastpacking journey across the Italian and Swiss Alps, eager to dispel old attitudes and learn what his body is truly capable of....
Of Dreams and Daily Bread
Stefan Durkacz and David Lintern navigate their way to the Applecross Peninsula in the North-West Highlands – billed as one of the remotest parts of Scotland....
Rider Resilience
Despite a cancer diagnosis and given no more than five years left to live, Nils Amelinckx strives to get out on his bike, enjoy the mountains, and find resilience....
Finding Balance
Through spectacular trails, hidden valleys, vast lakes, and alpine forests, Jenny Tough visits Austria for a summit-to-water exploration into the healing power of nature....
Exposed
In the spring, filmmaker Kitalé Wilson embarked on a bike-ski traverse from the Australian coast inland across the sunburnt Outback to the Snowy Mountains. It was here he shed rubber for skis, summiting all of Australia's 10 highest peaks....
Wild and Free
Annika and Jessica Horn visit Torridon in the Scottish Highlands in search of adventure and answers to their ancestry....
Attitudes and Altitude: Tranter’s Round
Alex Roddie fulfils a 15-year dream by completing Tranter's Round in winter – part of a project to push himself and overcome the ghosts of old attitudes....
We Are What We Eat
While bikepacking across the Bolivian Altiplano, Michael Dammer learns that a handful of coca leaves can open many doors....
The Guide
Mountain guide Nick Parks looks back on a lifetime in the high peaks, helping others to enjoy and explore the mountains....
Exploring Homelands
Joffrey Maluski, a French traveller and photographer, experiences his homeland in a new way by ski-hiking and biking through the Mercantour, France....
Nebelmeer
Jessie Leong on the Women Rise Up meet, organised by the Alpine Club to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first female ascent of the Matterhorn by British climber Lucy Walker in 1871....
Through The Ragnarök Fires
Hiking the Icelandic Highlands is something that many travellers have done before, but just a few have decided to find what’s beyond the famous trails....
Tranter’s Round by Bike
The terrain of the Tranter’s is typical of the Scottish Highlands: very rocky and steep, with tightly packed contours. In short, it’s a route that does not lend itself to mountain biking....
The Great British Escape
Aaron Rolph embarks on a UK cycle adventure involving hospital visits, ridge hikes and spring skiing...
For the Love of the Game
Exploring the legacy of Sikander Ul Mulk, legend of the Shandur polo festival at the roof of the world in northern Pakistan – a sporting event that brings people together in the wilderness....
The End Is My Beginning
Tamara Lunger has recently returned from K2: an intense season that saw both the first winter ascent of the peak in history – by a Nepali team – and also the tragic deaths of Tamara’s fellow mountaineers....
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